I have the same problem...first I implemented the MessageAuthorizationPolicy interface in a class, compiled that into a jar, then placed that into the <activemq_home>lib directory.
I set the following: messageAuthorizationPolicy in the activemq.xml file to point to my authorization class as per the directions on this page http://www.activemq.org/site/security.html I made it always return false, hoping to test it by blocking all calls. I stopped and restarted my broker and there was no effect. I looked at this (bug AMQ-591) and it seems like it was fixed https://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/AMQ-591 However, all of the links on the page are broken and I have not been able to find the references -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Broker%3A-setMessageAuthorizationPolicy-is-not-working--tf2711341.html#a7777009 Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.